BILL NUMBER: AJR 64	CHAPTERED  06/16/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JUNE 16, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   JUNE 15, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 18, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 18, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Kuehl
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Aanestad, Ackerman, Alquist,
Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Bock, Brewer, Calderon,
Campbell, Cardenas, Cardoza, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Cunneen,
Davis, Dickerson, Dutra, Firebaugh, Florez, Gallegos, Granlund,
Havice, Hertzberg, Honda, House, Jackson, Kaloogian, Keeley, Knox,
Leach, Lempert, Leonard, Longville, Lowenthal, Machado, Maddox,
Maldonado, Margett, Mazzoni, McClintock, Migden, Nakano, Olberg,
Oller, Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Papan, Pescetti, Romero, Runner,
Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strickland, Strom-Martin, Thompson,
Thomson, Torlakson, Vincent, Washington, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins,
Wildman, Wright, and Zettel)

                        MAY 10, 2000

   Assembly Joint Resolution No. 64--Relative to condemning show
trials of thirteen Iranian Jews.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 64, Kuehl.  Islamic Republic of Iran:  show trials.
   This measure would condemn the arrest and show trials of 13 Jewish
men and boys of Shiraz and Isfahan, urge the government of the
United States to take all possible diplomatic, political, and
economic measures to protest the show trials, including refusing to
resume diplomatic relations with Iran, and would urge the Islamic
Republic of Iran to impose no punishment or penalty on the 13 Jews,
and to immediately and unconditionally release them.




   WHEREAS, In March 1999, the Islamic Republic of Iran arrested 13
Jewish men and boys in the cities of Shiraz and Isfahan:  Navid
Balzadeh, Nejat Beroukhim, Farhad Seleh, Shahrokh Paknahad, Ramin
Farzam, Farzad Kashi, Faramarz Kashi, Asher Zadmehr, Nasser Yaghoub
Levy Haim, Javid Beit Yaghoub, Ramin Nemati, Dani Tefilin, and Omid
Tefilin; and
   WHEREAS, Iran has accused the 13 Jews of espionage on behalf of
Israel and the United States of America, a crime punishable by death
under Iranian law; and
   WHEREAS, No Jewish citizen of Iran is permitted to have access to
any sensitive government information, and the accusation of espionage
is a pretext for the ongoing persecution and scapegoating of Jews in
Iran, which has resulted in the execution of between 35 and 50
Iranian Jews since Iran's Islamic Revolution of 1979; and
   WHEREAS, The 13 Jews appear to be pawns in a power struggle
between so-called "moderates" and "conservatives" in the Iranian
government; and
   WHEREAS, Iran imprisoned the 13 Jews for over a year without
officially charging them with any crime; has commenced the trials
without permitting them to retain legal counsel of their choice; has
prevented international observers from attending the trials; and has
even denied members of the families of the 13 Jews access to the
courtroom, such that the trials may fairly be described as show
trials; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature strongly condemns the arrest and show
trials of the 13 Jewish men and boys of Shiraz and Isfahan, urges the
government of the United States of America to take all possible
diplomatic, political, and economic measures to protest the show
trials, including, but not limited to, refusing to resume diplomatic
relations with Iran, and urges the Islamic Republic of Iran to impose
no punishment or penalty on the 13 Jews, and to immediately and
unconditionally release them; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to each
Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the
United States.
